Tournament: Live £300 MTT @ DTD. 151 runners. 45-minute clock, 10,000 starting stack.
Level: Third level, blinds 75/150
The tournament"s been running for about 2 hours, and my image is fairly tight. I know a few players at the table, and the table"s fairly chatty - and there"s much mirth about me being tighter than Des's wallet at the bar. This have given me the opportunity to play a few hands "differently", especially at the early levels with the blinds as small as they are.
For the purpose of this hand everyone has around the 10K starting stack, except for the player to the right of me who has won a large pot from the player to my left leaving them with 13K and 7K respectively. I have about 12K and am UTG.
I look down at the monster that is :
: :
:. I throw in a raise, and make it 500 to go. Again, some comments around the table that I must have soooted aces to be playing from UTG.
UTG+1 is an older fella, a regular at DTD who I have played with a fair bit. I"d describe him as loose and not very good. I love to have him on my cash game table, as he loves to gamble and will commit without a great deal. He plays tournaments the same way.
He calls (and I"m not surprised).
It"s folded all the way round the table to the BB. He"s a young internet player. He wins a lot online, I know this because he"s told me so, repeatedly.
He calls.
Flop comes down:
kh
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The BB checks.
I"ve flopped my set, and I"m happy to see the king there as well, hoping that someone is playing AK or KQ or similar. Two clubs on the board, and vague straight draws, but pretty much an ideal flop for me.
I bet 1,200.
UTG+1 raises to 3,000.
BB calls.
What do I do now?
I put one of them on the flush draw and the other on at least a pair. The older gent now has about 3.5K back, and looks likes he"s happy to commit with his hand. The BB knows this and flat calls.
What should I be thinking now, and how would you play it (or how would you have played it differently up to now)?